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Articles by Sonia Fiorenza
Don’t Burn That Bridge: Supporting Your Furloughed Workers in the Age of COVID-19
The current global crisis has forced many organizations to furlough at least some of their employees for the foreseeable future. Though a difficult and unpopular decision, furloughs give businesses the ability to offer vital benefits to their employees — and hopefully retain talent until the economy begins to recover. However, companies are battling numerous challenges throughout the process, most notably the risk of furloughed employees becoming disengaged or losing trust in the company.
5 Steps to Improve Your Communications Around Open Enrollment
During open enrollment season, HR teams must get employees the right information to make informed decisions about their benefits. Here are tips to improve communications throughout the process, writes Sonia Fiorenza, Vice President Communications and Engagement Strategies of SocialChorus. It’s that time of year again – as we’re in the season of open enrollment, HR teams must get employees the necessary information to make informed decisions about their benefits.
3 Things Businesses Need to Implement as the Workforce Evolves
From developing new methods for ongoing access to feedback and company news to designing curated, targeted content delivered through mobile apps, videos, infographics and more, how organizations approach employee engagement and communication is changing.
4 Ways to Implement Modern Listening Strategies in the Workplace
PHOTO: Cristina Gottardi New generations are entering the workforce and our working cultures have evolved over the past few years as a result. While many companies invest in perks and benefits offered on the job as incentives, today’s employees are demanding organizations go beyond the standard benefits and salary to focus on their experience in the workplace. In fact, Gartner found 69% of workers said they would work harder if they were recognized and appreciated more.
The Current State of Employee Communications -- What’s Next?
SocialChorus’ 2019 Internal Communicator Index explores the challenges internal communicators are facing, how they’re grappling with a changing workplace, and what tools and strategies they are using to connect with employees. Enterprises are rushing to digitize their workflows as the workplace quickly evolves.
How an Employee-centric HR Communications Strategy Impacts Your Organization
In today’s digital day and age, designing an HR communications strategy that effectively reaches an increasingly dispersed, distracted workforce is critical to increase employee engagement — and ensure employees are informed and aligned to meet broader business objectives. Lack of employee engagement remains rampant among organizations, with a whopping 85 percent of employees today not engaged at work.
Employee Communications
Employee Communications How-to HR: Engaging Remote Workers How to Write an Employee Communication Policy in the Digital Ageby Sarah Fister GaleMake an employee communication plan but don’t be too specific. Provide guidelines for different channels and set expectations for breaking the rules. Instant Messaging: The Future of Communication, With Caveatsby Sarah Fister GaleHow instant messaging and AI are taking over workplace communication.
EverythingBenefits Announces Integration with ADP to Streamline Benefits Communication
EverythingBenefits, a provider of comprehensive benefits technology, announces today its integration with ADP®, the provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, offering its clientele a suite of end-to-end benefits solutions and services.
EaseCentral Announnces Partnership with Guardian to Simplify Voluntary Benefits Enrollment for Employers and Employees
San Francisco, CA: EaseCentral, the HR and benefits SaaS platform powered by insurance brokers, has announced an integration with insurance provider The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America®, (Guardian). The partnership will increase opportunities for small and medium-sized business owners to offer their employees Guardian insurance plans and help simplify the enrollment process.
How to Optimize the Employee Life-cycle with HR Technology
There are more options than ever before for small and mid-sized businesses to take their HR administration online with software. But with choice comes complexity – with so many kinds of software, how can HR leaders ensure they are using the right system for their organization? By taking tasks like hiring, onboarding, benefits enrollment and more online, these software tools streamline traditionally paper-based processes and optimize employee experiences.
Findley Announces Acquisition of TAMS Group Human Capital Business
Findley, an independent human resources and employee benefits solutions firm is deepening its human capital services with the addition of the TAMS Group human capital team, which joined Findley effective Friday, February 15, 2019.
Blackbaud Launches Purchase Cards and Expense Management in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the cloud software company powering social good, announced its new Blackbaud Purchase Cards, which provide social good organizations with an efficient and convenient alternative to traditional procurement methods and paper-based payables processes such as checks, purchase orders, and invoices.
New Unemployment Benefits Calculator Launched by FileUnemployment.org
Unemployed citizens across the country now have access to a new unemployment benefits calculator. This advanced Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits calculator is one of its kind and provides citizens from all states across the U.S. with a fair estimate of the UI benefits that an individual is likely to receive. Every eligible unemployed individual across the nation is entitled to their share of Unemployment Insurance benefits.
Morgan Stanley Acquires Equity Administration Solution, Solium
New York: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Solium Capital Inc. (TSX: SUM) (“Solium”), a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) for equity administration, financial reporting, and compliance. With this acquisition, Morgan Stanley is positioned to be an industry leader in Workplace Wealth Solutions, bringing together a major stock plan administration platform with a Wealth Management business.
TCG Advisors Announces Launch of FinPath, A New Workplace Financial Wellness Benefit
TCG Advisors is proud to announce the launch of FinPath, a new workplace financial wellness program designed to empower users to approach their finances with knowledge and confidence. The national wealth gap continues to grow, and its impact on past and future generations isn't something to be ignored. Statistics indicate that communities and employees rarely have access to affordable financial tools, negatively impacting employee health, productivity, and turnover.
EverythingBenefits Adds New Consolidated Billing and Payments Solution
EverythingBenefits, a provider of comprehensive, next-generation benefits technology solutions and services, announced today the launch of its new Consolidated Billing and Payments Solution. The latest solution from the platform is designed to give employers the ability to generate, manage, and process consolidated carrier invoices.
GoCo Lands $7M in Series A Funding to Free Businesses
GoCo, the HR and benefits platform, today announced a $7 million Series A funding round led by ATX Seed Ventures alongside the investment arm of UpCurve, Inc. (“UpCurve”), the small and medium-sized business (SMB) solutions provider, among other strategic investors. The new capital will be allocated to hiring across all departments, further platform development to extend the breadth of offerings and to broadly expand the company’s customer base.
3 Things to ask HR professionals about 1095-C Software
Is your organization in need of a solution for filing 1094-Cs and 1095-Cs with the IRS? With filing deadlines quickly approaching, many HR professionals and business owners are looking to streamline this process in 2019 First, what are the 1094-C and 1095-C? The Affordable Care Act requires employers with 50 or more full-time, or full-time equivalent, employees to offer health benefits. The 1094-C and 1095-C forms demonstrate that the employer is compliant with this regulation.
Employees Are Looking for More: How to Meet Heightened Benefits Expectations
Today’s employees are looking for more from employers to stay engaged and feel valued. For this, employers can put power in employees’ hands, offer personalization and prioritize benefits programs. Compensation is still the number one way to positively impact employees and retain top talent, but other factors aren’t far behind. For example, 53% of employees want employers to focus on supporting health and fitness.
The Beginners Guide to Choosing Employee Benefits Software
Foreword by Amol Pawar, Founder Consultant, NUEST Consulting: In an SHRM survey, 92% of employees indicated that benefits are important to their overall job satisfaction. An organization that uses benefits as a strategic tool for recruiting and retaining talent reported higher overall company performance and above-average effectiveness in recruitment and retention compared with organizations that did not.
Bunker Introduces Live Certificates of Insurance to Provide Real-Time Visibility into Insurance Policies
Bunker, the San Francisco based insurtech startup, has created real-time proof of insurance that fits the dynamic nature of the on-demand workforce. Until now, Certificates of Insurance have largely come in the form of PDF documents, which are difficult to track, easy to fabricate, and the data is static. Bunker's Live COI instantly reflects changes to an active insurance policy, notifying the certificate holder when a contractor's policy is changed, canceled, or expired.
Hodges-Mace Launches SmartBen Bridge, a New Partner Program
Benefits delivery innovator, Hodges-Mace, LLC, announces the SmartBen® Bridge program (“Bridge”) for benefit partners and vendors. Bridge offers an exclusive and innovative partnership where stakeholders involved in the lifecycle of a client can connect to provide a superior benefits delivery experience for their mutual clients.
What's Next for Digital Benefits Administration in 2019
Digital benefits administration is critical to any modern compensation package. We discuss how this space is witnessing a paradigm shift, in-line with complex, on-ground realities. 2018 was an important year for digital benefits administration, several new tools and technologies saw rapid adoption across organizations. 2019 will continue to witness changes and extensions to this landscape, making benefits administration easier and accessible.
What's Next for Healthcare Communications in 2019?
Healthcare workers are the embodiment of mobile. Tending to patients across hospitals, clinics, and shifts, they are always on the move. Coupled with the sheer size and diversity of the healthcare system, keeping employees informed is a constant challenge. When communications break down or employees are not engaged, the consequences can be disastrous — from administrative and operational missteps to poor decisions treating patients and lack of quality care.
Secova to launch new SaaS Benefits Administration platform, iPlan
Secova, a provider of employee benefits administration solutions, is pleased to announced the launch of iPlan, advanced Software-as-a-Service technology to support and streamline administering benefits for small- to mid-sized organizations. iPlan is currently undergoing final internal and external Beta testing and will launch and become available for employers, consultants and brokers in February 2019.
The Beginners Guide to Choosing Employee Benefits Software
Foreword by Amol Pawar, Founder Consultant, NUEST Consulting: In an SHRM survey, 92% of employees indicated that benefits are important to their overall job satisfaction. An organization that uses benefits as a strategic tool for recruiting and retaining talent reported higher overall company performance and above-average effectiveness in recruitment and retention compared with organizations that did not.
How Gamification Impacts Sustainability Activities and Their success pathways
With employee engagement levels dipping, is your company garnering adequate buy-in for CSR programs? We discuss how gamification could boost engagement and garner genuine interest, for your workforce This is now, the new normal. Today, more and more firms are looking to integrate gamification into their communication strategies, in a bid to capture the attention of multiple stakeholders, and reach the widest possible audience on their sustainability/environmental initiatives.
Glint Launches Cross-Program IntelligenceTM to Optimize Employee Journey and Drive Organizational Effectiveness
Redwood City, CA: Glint, the people success platform that helps organizations increase employee engagement, develop their people, and improve business results, today introduced Cross-Program Intelligence, a first-of-its-kind feature that connects and analyzes feedback across the platform, including data from disparate surveys such as engagement, lifecycle, manager & team effectiveness surveys, and more. Traditionally, feedback from employee surveys exist in silos.
Are Your New Hires Leaving Soon After Onboarding? Here’s How to Engage Them
Employee engagement should start right from the time a prospective candidate is extended an offer. Onboarding new employees and engaging them in the process must be carefully planned to retain them for a long tenure with a company, writes Angela Whites, Product Analyst of ProProfs.com Employee engagement starts as soon as an organization sends someone a job offer. This is something that happens well beyond the onboarding process and that’s why it can’t be neglected.
Benefits Communications That Benefit Your People
Learn how to effectively engage with your employees, in a culture of an ongoing shift in expectations, that work communications should function more like personal communications – accessible anywhere and anytime Today, everyone has a smartphone, is on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media. More than ever, people are also bringing their devices to the office. All of which has forever changed how and when your employees communicate — as well as how you communicate with them.
Why You Need to Map the Employee Journey
It’s common for organizations to focus heavily on customer experience, mapping every touchpoint, maniacally trying to improve each interaction and analyzing how every step impacts sales and the overall organization. But organizations rarely take this same approach with the employee experience. Many fail to realize that the answer to perfecting the customer experience lies in improving the employee experience. Simply put, employees are the bedrock of your organization.
Why It’s a Mistake to Rely On Your Intranet to Communicate
If you could get more employees to engage with your company right now, would you do it? Or, would you hold off for however long while you wait for a new intranet release? Shockingly, only 10% of employees say they know what’s going on in their company at any given time, and 85% of employees are not engaged. Lack of employee engagement is a rampant challenge facing organizations, yet many are overlooking a simple fix: taking a multi-channel approach to communications.
5 Ways to Promote Mental Health in the Workplace with Technology
Organizations are focusing on mental health as a critical employee benefit. Find out how technology can help cut through the stigma and roll out an intelligent solution. Mental illness can prove to be a silent destroyer of workplace productivity and employee happiness. US employers cough up between USD 79 and 105 billion annually to make up for the damage stemming from poor mental health and substance abuse . This can take the shape of reduced productivity, insurance spends and increased absences.
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